Team Geared Up

There were rumours in mid-May that a helicopter had been spotted near
the summit of Everest. These rumours have just been confirmed by
EUROCOPTER, maker of the Ecureuil/AStar AS 350 B3 helicopter, that on
14 May, pilot Didier Delsalle landed on the summit of Mount Everest
(8,850m) for 2 minutes. It’s not clear how this particular helicopter
managed to fly so high in the thin air, but it is evident that many
test flights had been carried out. These included landing at the South
Col (c8,000m) on 12 May, beating the previous record of 7,670m, held
by a Cheetah helicopter. Test flights in April at Istres, France,
recorded the chopper flying to an altitude of 8,992m. Could we see
tourist flights to the summit in the not-too-distant future?

INCREDIBLE!!!